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Wackier vs Tackier - What's the difference?

wackier | tackier |

As adjectives the difference between wackier and tackier

is that wackier is (wacky) while tackier is (tacky).

wackier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (wacky)

    • wacky

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of a person or their behaviour, zany.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 15 , author=Scott Tobias , title=Film: Reviews: The Dictator , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor. }}
    Synonyms
    * eccentric, zany
    Derived terms
    * wack * wacky baccy * wackyparse, wackyparsing

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    • tackier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (tacky)

    • Anagrams

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    tacky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of a substance, slightly sticky.
    • This paint isn't dry yet - it's still a bit tacky.
  • (colloquial) Of low quality.
    • That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.
  • (colloquial) In poor taste.
    • That was a tacky thing to say.
  • gaudy, flashy, showy, garish
  • dowdy, shabbily dressed
  • shabby, dowdy (in one's appearance)